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Robert Pagnani, chair of the Utah Veterans Advisory Council, left, and past Veterans of Foreign Wars Department Commander, Danny Zaharias, center, carry a wreath to the Utah Vietnam Veterans Memorial at the Capitol during a ceremony in observance of National Vietnam War Veterans Day in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 29, 2019. Gov. Gary R. Herbert, Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, and Major General Jefferson S. Burton were among those who honored Vietnam Veterans as part of the ongoing commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. The State of Utah honors the nine million American men and women who served from November 1955 to May 1975 and we recognize the more than 58,000 who paid the ultimate price. Approximately 28,000 Utahns served in Vietnam, including almost 400 who did not return home. Today, over 40,000 men and women who served during the Vietnam War call Utah home. Steve Griffin, Deseret News
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Vietnam veterans attend a wreath laying ceremony at the Utah Vietnam Veterans Memorial at the Capitol in observance of National Vietnam War Veterans Day in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 29, 2019. Gov. Gary R. Herbert, Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, and Major General Jefferson S. Burton were among those who honored Vietnam Veterans as part of the ongoing commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. The State of Utah honors the nine million American men and women who served from November 1955 to May 1975 and we recognize the more than 58,000 who paid the ultimate price. Approximately 28,000 Utahns served in Vietnam, including almost 400 who did not return home. Today, over 40,000 men and women who served during the Vietnam War call Utah home. Steve Griffin, Deseret News
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Danny Zaharias, past Veterans of Foreign Wars Department Commander, stands in the Gold Room, at the Capitol, during a wreath laying ceremony in observance of National Vietnam War Veterans Day in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 29, 2019. Gov. Gary R. Herbert, Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, and Major General Jefferson S. Burton were among those who honored Vietnam Veterans as part of the ongoing commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. The State of Utah honors the nine million American men and women who served from November 1955 to May 1975 and we recognize the more than 58,000 who paid the ultimate price. Approximately 28,000 Utahns served in Vietnam, including almost 400 who did not return home. Today, over 40,000 men and women who served during the Vietnam War call Utah home. Steve Griffin, Deseret News
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Danny Zaharias, past Veterans of Foreign Wars Department Commander, stands at the Utah Vietnam Veterans Memorial at the Capitol during a wreath laying ceremony in observance of National Vietnam War Veterans Day in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 29, 2019. Gov. Gary R. Herbert, Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, and Major General Jefferson S. Burton were among those who honored Vietnam Veterans as part of the ongoing commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. The State of Utah honors the nine million American men and women who served from November 1955 to May 1975 and we recognize the more than 58,000 who paid the ultimate price. Approximately 28,000 Utahns served in Vietnam, including almost 400 who did not return home. Today, over 40,000 men and women who served during the Vietnam War call Utah home. Steve Griffin, Deseret News
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Vietnam veterans stand for photographs following a wreath laying ceremony at the Utah Vietnam Veterans Memorial at the Capitol in observance of National Vietnam War Veterans Day in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 29, 2019. Gov. Gary R. Herbert, Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, and Major General Jefferson S. Burton were among those who honored Vietnam Veterans as part of the ongoing commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. The State of Utah honors the nine million American men and women who served from November 1955 to May 1975 and we recognize the more than 58,000 who paid the ultimate price. Approximately 28,000 Utahns served in Vietnam, including almost 400 who did not return home. Today, over 40,000 men and women who served during the Vietnam War call Utah home. Steve Griffin, Deseret News
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A wreath was placed in the Utah Vietnam Veterans Memorial at the Capitol during a ceremony in observance of National Vietnam War Veterans Day in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 29, 2019. Gov. Gary R. Herbert, Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, and Major General Jefferson S. Burton were among those who honored Vietnam Veterans as part of the ongoing commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. The State of Utah honors the nine million American men and women who served from November 1955 to May 1975 and we recognize the more than 58,000 who paid the ultimate price. Approximately 28,000 Utahns served in Vietnam, including almost 400 who did not return home. Today, over 40,000 men and women who served during the Vietnam War call Utah home. Steve Griffin, Deseret News
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Vietnam veterans stand for photographs following a wreath laying ceremony at the Utah Vietnam Veterans Memorial at the Capitol in observance of National Vietnam War Veterans Day in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 29, 2019. Gov. Gary R. Herbert, Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, and Major General Jefferson S. Burton were among those who honored Vietnam Veterans as part of the ongoing commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. The State of Utah honors the nine million American men and women who served from November 1955 to May 1975 and we recognize the more than 58,000 who paid the ultimate price. Approximately 28,000 Utahns served in Vietnam, including almost 400 who did not return home. Today, over 40,000 men and women who served during the Vietnam War call Utah home. Steve Griffin, Deseret News
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Vietnam veterans attend a wreath laying ceremony at the Utah Vietnam Veterans Memorial at the Capitol in observance of National Vietnam War Veterans Day in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 29, 2019. Gov. Gary R. Herbert, Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, and Major General Jefferson S. Burton were among those who honored Vietnam Veterans as part of the ongoing commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. The State of Utah honors the nine million American men and women who served from November 1955 to May 1975 and we recognize the more than 58,000 who paid the ultimate price. Approximately 28,000 Utahns served in Vietnam, including almost 400 who did not return home. Today, over 40,000 men and women who served during the Vietnam War call Utah home. Steve Griffin, Deseret News
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Robert Pagnani, chair of the Utah Veterans Advisory Council, left, and past Veterans of Foreign Wars Department Commander, Danny Zaharias, right, carry a wreath to the Utah Vietnam Veterans Memorial at the Capitol during a ceremony in observance of National Vietnam War Veterans Day in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 29, 2019. Gov. Gary R. Herbert, Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, and Major General Jefferson S. Burton were among those who honored Vietnam Veterans as part of the ongoing commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. The State of Utah honors the nine million American men and women who served from November 1955 to May 1975 and we recognize the more than 58,000 who paid the ultimate price. Approximately 28,000 Utahns served in Vietnam, including almost 400 who did not return home. Today, over 40,000 men and women who served during the Vietnam War call Utah home. Steve Griffin, Deseret News
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Vietnam veterans attend a wreath laying ceremony at the Utah Vietnam Veterans Memorial at the Capitol in observance of National Vietnam War Veterans Day in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 29, 2019. Gov. Gary R. Herbert, Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, and Major General Jefferson S. Burton were among those who honored Vietnam Veterans as part of the ongoing commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. The State of Utah honors the nine million American men and women who served from November 1955 to May 1975 and we recognize the more than 58,000 who paid the ultimate price. Approximately 28,000 Utahns served in Vietnam, including almost 400 who did not return home. Today, over 40,000 men and women who served during the Vietnam War call Utah home. Steve Griffin, Deseret News
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Major General Jefferson S. Burton speaks to Vietnam veterans in the Gold Room, at the Capitol, during a wreath laying ceremony in observance of National Vietnam War Veterans Day in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 29, 2019. Gov. Gary R. Herbert and Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, were among those who honored Vietnam Veterans as part of the ongoing commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. The State of Utah honors the nine million American men and women who served from November 1955 to May 1975 and we recognize the more than 58,000 who paid the ultimate price. Approximately 28,000 Utahns served in Vietnam, including almost 400 who did not return home. Today, over 40,000 men and women who served during the Vietnam War call Utah home. Steve Griffin, Deseret News
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Vietnam veterans arrive in the Gold Room, at the Capitol, for a wreath laying ceremony in observance of National Vietnam War Veterans Day in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 29, 2019. Gov. Gary R. Herbert, Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, and Major General Jefferson S. Burton were among those who honored Vietnam Veterans as part of the ongoing commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. The State of Utah honors the nine million American men and women who served from November 1955 to May 1975 and we recognize the more than 58,000 who paid the ultimate price. Approximately 28,000 Utahns served in Vietnam, including almost 400 who did not return home. Today, over 40,000 men and women who served during the Vietnam War call Utah home. Steve Griffin, Deseret News
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Gov. Gary R. Herbert, Rep. Chris Stewart and Maj. General Jefferson S. Burton honored the veterans as part of the ongoing commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. According to the governor's office, Utah honors the nine million American men and women who served from November 1955 to May 1975 and recognizes the more than 58,000 who paid the ultimate price. About 28,000 Utahns served in Vietnam, including almost 400 who did not return home. Today, over 40,000 men and women who served during the Vietnam War live in Utah.

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